DETROIT -- Detroit Red Wings defenseman Ian White saved a goal by blocking a shot with his face Saturday. But he paid a price.

White will miss the upcoming four-game road trip with a fractured cheek bone. General manager Ken Holland said he will be out 1-2 weeks.

"He’ll be able to play with it, once it heals reasonably well," Holland said. "He’ll just need to wear some facial protection."

The Red Wings recalled defenseman Brendan Smith from the Grand Rapids Griffins. He will serve the fifth and final game of his NHL suspension Tuesday in St. Louis. The club will then decide whether to keep him for the rest of the trip or send him back.

White was hit in the face by a wrist shot from Jamie Benn with 11:06 remaining in a 5-2 victory against Dallas. The Stars would have tied the game at 3-3 if the puck hadn’t hit White, who also received stitches under his right eye.

White, a free-agent acquisition from San Jose, is off to a good start with three goals, four assists and a plus-8 rating in 15 games. He had been paired with Nicklas Lidstrom, so the Red Wings will need to juggle their pairings when Mike Commodore is inserted into the lineup Tuesday.

Forward Todd Bertuzzi was placed on short-term injured reserve (seven days) to make room for Smith. Bertuzzi has missed four games because of swelling in his ear and a sinus infection.

"Bert’s starting to feel better, but he hasn’t really (practiced) in a week," Holland said. "He went on the ice (Thursday) and didn’t feel good after skating for a day. We’re hoping he can skate (today), but it’ll take him a while (to be game ready)."

The Red Wings have won four games in a row to cap a six-game homestand at 4-1-1. It’s a sharp turnaround after a six-game winless streak (0-5-1), during which Detroit scored only six goals.

"It’s a good homestand," coach Mike Babcock said. "Obviously, we had a stretch of time where we couldn’t win. ... Adversity makes you better in everything at life if you just embrace it. It’ll make you better by digging in."

Said Lidstrom: "We have a lot of talent in here. We believed in ourselves when we were in that slump."